Wrapped box.



J. B. HARRISS.

WRAPPED BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. I9l6.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22,1916.

Patented Apr. 10,1917.

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JAMES B. HARRISS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 P. LORILLAED COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WRAPPED BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 114), 191?.

Application filed June 22, 1916. Serial No. 105,191.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James B. HARRISS, a citizen of the United States, residing at 7 50 Parker street, Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrapped Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in a ,box or package provided with a wrapper which is caused to tightly adhere to the body of the box by means of a suitable adhesive, such as glue or the like, so that not only are the contents of the package sealed and protected against the entrance of air, moisture and other matter which might tend to injure or destroy the contents, but a neat, smooth and attractive appearance is given to the box or pack a e.

ln the present instance it is my purpose to provide a package which includes a box body having a flange or flap which is adapted to be folded over against a wall of the box and is intended to be covered and concealed by a part of the wrapper when the package is completed, this flange or flap, by reason of the fact that it forms a shoulder or ledge in conjunction with the wall of the box against which it lies, not only indicating the part or section of the package which is to be ruptured or broken in the opening of such package, but also constituting a member which may be grasped by a person to rip open the package. Or if desired, the section of the wrapper covering the flange may be slit or out along the edge of the latter by means of a knife or other suitable instrument and the instrument then inserted beneath the flange to break away the latter and thus permit the box cover to be pulled back to expose the contents.

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view my invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the body of the box proper.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the box cover shown in Fig. 3 may be made.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a cover for the box body shown in Fig. 1,,the rip flange or flap of the cover or box top being shown as folded back against the top wall.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of ,the box body with its cover or top.

-Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a closed box body and of a wrapper blank therefor.

Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 are perspective views showing various stages in application of the wrapper to the box.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the completely sealed box or package.

Fig. 11' is a cross sectional view taken through the box shown in Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a cross sectional view of a slightly modified form of package wherein the rip-flange or flap of the cover is completely concealed by the wrapper.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a package such as is shown in Fig. 10 and illustrating the package in partly opened position.

The box body proper, shown in Fig. 1, and indicated by the letter A is preferably made of box-board, paste-board, card-board or other suitable material, as is also the cover for the box, which is indicated by the letter B and is best shown in Fig. 3. In the present instance I have shown and described my invention as embodied in a two-piece box, that is to say, the cover 13 is separate from the box body A and when making up the package this cover is adapted to be assembled on the box body as shown in Fig. 4 and as hereinafter described. It will of course be evident, however, that the cover may be made integral with the box body in any well known manner, thereby forming what is commonly known as a one-piece box. The box body A with its cover B is intended to be closed and sealed by wrapper C, which is adherently attached to the box and cover as will be hereinafter apparent.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in detail it will be seen that the box body A includes a bottom 1, side walls 2, and the end walls 3, the side and end walls being connected at the corners by the stay strips 4. This box body A is made, as will be readily understood, by folding a blank such as is shown in Fig. 2 on the score lines a and a.

The cover B of the box includes a top section 5 having depending end flanges 6, a hinge flange 7 and a box opening or ripping flange or flap 8, the latter being adapted to be folded back against the outer face of the drawings.

top wall 5 as shown in Fig. 3. This cover may be assembled with the box as is shown in Fig. a by inserting the hinge flange 7 of the cover in the box and against one of the side walls 2 thereof, the end flanges 6 of the cover lying against the end walls 3 of the box body when the cover is closed, as shown in Fig. 5, while the ripping flange or flap 8 will lie adjacent the other wall 2 of the box.

After the contents have been placed in the box and the cover of the latter closed, as is shown in Fig. 5, the box is ready to be wrapped, and one form of wrapper suitable for the purpose and one manner of wrapping the box will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 5 to 9 inclusive of the The wrapper C may be made from a blank of thin paper, or other suitable material which may be cut as shown in Fig. 5. The outer face of this blank, or that face which is exposed to view when the wrapper is applied to the package may be printed or ornamented in any suitable or desired mannerto suit the individual taste. The inner face of this wrapper blank is completely coated with a suitable adhesive such as glue or the like, as shown at g in Fig. 5. blank, as illustrated in said figure, comprises a cross-like sheet scored to provide a bottom section 9, against which the bottom of the box-body is designed to bear, side wings 10 provided with longitudinal flaps 11, end flaps 12 and corner tabs 13. The blank also includes the end wings 14. each provided with a marginal lap 15.

In'the application of this wrapper blank to the box shown herein, the box is first placed upon the blank with the bottom face section of the box in contact with the bottom section 9 of the blank. The side wings 10 of the blank are then folded up and pasted against the side walls 2 of the box, as shown in Fig. 6, and then the end laps 12 of the wings 10 are folded in and pasted against the end walls 3 of the box and the corner tabs 13 of the blank are pasted down against the top face of the cover, as shown in Fig. 7. The longitudinal flaps 11 of the. wrapper blank are now folded inward upon the top face of the cover, as shown in Fig. 8, one of these flaps 11 partially overlying the ripping flange or flap 8 of the box cover. The end wings 14% of the wrapper blank are now folded up and placed against the end 'walls 3 of the box, as shown in Fig. 9, and

then the marginal laps 15 of these end wings are pasted down on top of the box so that a completely wrapped package, shown in Fig. 10, results.-

If desired, the ripping flange or flap 8 of the box cover may be entirely covered and concealed by the adjacent marginal flap section of the wrapper blank, as shown at 11. It will be noted that when this wrapper is applied as shown a portion of the outer This face of the box cover or lid is left exposed, but it will be evident that this exposed portion may also be covered, if desired, by simply making one, or both of the marginal flaps 11 of greater width than indicated in the drawings.

WVhen the box is wrapped and sealed, as shown in Fig. 10, it will be noted that the flange or flap 8 of the cover forms a shoulder or ledge, and this may be gripped or grasped by a person and pulled outward to rip or tear through the overlying sections of the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 13. After this flange S has been so torn away the person may insert the fingers beneath the front edge portion of the cover and pull the latter upward, thus tearing the wrapper along the end walls of the box and consequently exposing the contents. If the flange 8 of the box cover is completely concealed by a portion of the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 12, a knife or other instrument, or the thumb nail may be used to cut the wrapper along the marginal edge of the flange and then-the box cover may be opened as before described.

It will be noted that the complete box necessarily includes both the body portion proper of the box shown at A and the cover indicated at B and that when the cover is in its closed position the flange thereof forms an extension or shoulder for such complete and closed box as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 5, the wrapper, as before stated, overlying this flange of the complete box, as is indicated in Fig. 10.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred form of the invention, 1 wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to all the precise details of construction herein set forth by way of illustration, as modification and variation may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A box comprising a body portion including a bottom section and side and end walls rigid therewith, a cover for the body portion having a flange folded back to lie against the top face of the cover, and a wrapper adhesively attached to the walls of the box and -t0 the cover thereof. said wrapper overlying the folded flange of the cover.

2. A wrapped box including a box and .a wrapper therefor, said box comprising a body portion and a cover portion, one of said portions having a flange at one edge thereof overlying an exterior face of the box .and forming an exterior shoulder when the box is closed, the said wrapper being adhesively attached to the box in a manner to overlie the shoulder-forming flange, the latter constituting a ripping flange along its adapted to hingedly connect the cover With the body portion of the box, said cover also having a flange at one edge folded back against the top face of the cover to form a ripping flange for opening the box and a wrapper adhesively attached to all of the Walls of the box and adapted to overlie and secure the flange in its folded position against the cover when the box is closed.

4:. A box comprising a body portion including a bottom section and side and end Walls. a cover for the body portion having a flange folded back against the top face of the cover to constitute a ripping flange for opening the box, and a Wrapper adhesively attached to all of the Walls of the box and including marginal side flaps and end flaps adapted to lap over and be adhesively attached to the top of the box when the latter is closed and sealed, the end marginal flaps and one of the side marginal flaps overlying the ripping flange of the cover.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JAMES B. HARRISS.

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